Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-03-30

! there ana desired broader nelu LOT hh'
exercise OF his abilities.
S. j. Powell, OF the signal corps, died Il
Washington OF softening OF the brain.
The Dakota appropriations foot up near
ly a million and a hall.
Mr.. George II. Freudenreich, a MinnesO
tan now residing at Odessa, Russia, seeing
the accounts OF terrible disasters on the
railways in this country resulting from the
use of car stoves, writes that in Russia
| where he has Travelled extensively by rail
the stove is abolished. and travelling is
made perfectly safe and comfortable by
the substitution of a special car in the cen
ter OF the train supplied with alarge boiler
from which steam is conveyed to the other
cars in pipes.
The real reason why Montgomery, com.
missioner OF patents, is to retire is thor
ough disgust contracted in his experience
with the average congressman in the past
two sessions OF congress. He found him
self daily overrun by gentlemen demanding
a position for this lady, a transfer for that
a promotion for third, until the office
has been reduced from judicial and execu.
tive position that would be a credit to any
lawyer, however great his attachments, to
that OF an ordinary appointment clerk
The eighteenth annual reunion OF the
Society Of the Army OF the Cumberland
will be held in Washington May II and
II. The principal feature will be the I'M
yelling of the statue of Garfield in the cir
Gle at the junction of Maryland avenue
and First street. The cost OF the statue,
which is the work Of J. Q. A. Ward, was met
! by contributions from the army of the
| Cumberland, and congress appropriated
| $50, O0O for the pedestal. It is estimated
that 500 members OF the society will be
| present, many OF them accompanied by la
| dies.
| A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Lon.
| don Times OF the 18th inst, says: On
| Sunday the route which was to have been
| taken by the car was crowded with gail y
dressed people. Before the imperial party
| left the fortress the police telegraphed
| they had grave suspicious that violence
was to be attempted and advised their
majesties to change their route. Accord
ingly the royal party drove by way OF the
| Neva Quay and a circuitous route avoid
made at the corner OF the Newsky Prospect
| and the Great Morskaia, where the plot
| ters expected the party would slacken its
| pace upon turning the corner. On Monday
many OF the two hundred persons arrested
were released. A special council was held
| on Sunday night, Grand Duke Vladimir
presiding The would-be assassin is of
short stature. He refuses to reply to any
questions.
The nearest living relative Of Gen. Wash
ington is his great nephew, Capt. Henry
Howell Lewis OF Baltimore, who is grand
son of Gen. Washington's sister Bette
who was Mrs. Fielding Lewis, whose happy
married life with Col. Fielding Lewis, was
spent at the still beautiful old place known
as Kenmore, near Fredericksburg.
The president has made the following
appointments: C. II. J. Taylor, Kansas,
colored minister resident and consul gen.
eral to Liberia. James r. Hos mer, New
York, secretary OF legation in the Central
American States, and consul general at
Guatemala.
Mrs. Cleveland's mourning costume is
black and white and soft shades OF lilac
and gray.
A bill was filed in the circuit court at
Chicago by Richa I'd H. Stearns against H.
V Bemis and the Hotel Richelieu COM
pany, asking that a receiver be appointed
to take charge OF the hotel and protect it
from insolvency.
Herman W. Young died at his home in
Roslindale, Mass. This brings the list OF
deaths from the Forest Hill accident up to
twenty-five.
In the Illinois house the proposed pro-
lost-65 to IS.
The son OF Gov. Ames OF Massachusetts
is hard at work in a shovelshop learning
his trade.
Half OF the business part OF Blackville,
S. c., and some dwellings were burned.
Loss. nearly $780, 600: insurance between
$35, 900 and $4,000
The Wisconsin legislature killed the anti
convict labor bill.
Freeman, the Pocasset (Mass) fanatic
who murdered his daughter, is again at lib
erty.
The Reed Manufacturing company's fac
tory at Cana oharie, n. Y, was burned.
LOSS $4,000; partly insured.
John E. Steites, charged with attem pting
to place dynamite bomb on the track OF
the Suffer street cable line, San Francisco,
was found guilty.
The Baltimore and Ohio matter Is in
allegiance. There are really no new devel
opments nor probably will there be for
some time, such a transaction as the one
that has been given so much publicity can
not be carried through in a day or week.
At Aurora, Ind, DR.. Marc Bond sues to
set aside the marriage ceremony whereby
he became the husband in April 1886, OF
Miss Jennie Hill, on the ground that he
was forced to marry her by threats OF
murder. Both parties belong TO leading
families. A strong array OF legal gentle
men is engaged in the case, among them be-
ing Congressman Holman. The plaintiffs
statement is that Miss Hill accused him OF
seduction, and that her father demanded
that he should marry her or take the con-
sequences, which meant death: He chose
marriage but never lived with his wife.
Postmasters commissioned: Da-
kota: LaMoure, F. M. Kintner; Shen-
ford E. G. Lock. Iowa: Lansing r. HUI
schmidt; West Union, w. McC1intock; But
falo Grove, r. Trotter; Coin, Ida K. Ro.
selle; Monona, c. L. McGonigle; Stone City,
J. F. Kane. Minnesota: st. Charles, H. w.
Hill. Wisconsin: New Richmond, E. A.
Glover, Jr.; Abbotsford, J.. R. Roter;
Homer, j. Ford; Riches, J. K. Riches
Fourth class postmasters approximations
kota: Kempton, e. A. Pickford Beleville,
N. Bell; Buffalo, w. Storey. Iowa: Sewall,
C. L. Steiher; Unionburg, s. Wood; York
shire, A. C. Denpree. Minnesota: Finlay.
son, J. B. Mccormick. Wisconsin: Ches-
ter, D. l.. Boyle.
NJ. Aubergat, the conductor OF the or
chestra at the Grand theater in London,
quarreled with his mistress, an actress
named Lory and shot her dead just as she
was buying ticket at the railroad sta
ton preparatory to leaving the city The
murderer then threw himself beneath
passing train and was crushed to death.
The controller OF the currency has grant
ed the following institutions the privileges OF
reserve agents: Wisconsin-Appleton,
Commercial National bank; Lake Geneva,
First National bank Iowa-Cedar Rapids,
Merchants National bank. Dakota-Far-
go, Citizens National bank.
The city and province OF Venice have
been visited by severe snow storm, which
has caused a complete suspension OF rail
way traffic. An engine and party OF
workmen sent out from Venice to clear tho
railroad were compelled to abandon tho
task. The snow 10 Ave feet deep.